Transcript City Zero Waste

Students Against Waste
• "...Human society is affecting the environment in
ways that contribute to hurricanes like Katrina."
- National Science Academy
• Prime Minister Tony Blair has said, "It is now plain
that the emission of greenhouse gases...is causing
global warming at a rate that is unsustainable."
• Globally, 23 percent of mammals, 12 percent of birds
and 32 percent of amphibians, alongside nearly
8,400 plant species, are on the World Conservation
Union's 2006 Red List of species threatened with
extinction. – www.Think.mtv.com
CCNY Recycling Issues
• NO Bottle recycling program
• NO awareness among students
Achieving our Goals
• Establish a recycling system for bottles
• CCNY’s Health and Safety Department will provide the
recycling bins for the bottles
• Recycling bins will be placed in targeted areas where
student life is most active
Gaining Awareness
• The targeting of high school, undergraduate and
graduate students through distinct advertisements
• Then, we will form a club to gain awareness in CCNY
Timeline
• June 2007, Students Against Waste Club is established
• The S.A.W. project will actively work with the new paper
recycling policies established by the Metropolitan
Recycling Company
• S.A.W. will promote discipline, and motivation for
students to become more active in the cause
• Setting up of recycling system for bottles
• July 2007, Club advertising for club (flyers, pamphlets, tshirts, and so forth)
• Recycling bins will be provided by the Health and Safety
Department and plans about the placing of new recycle
bins will be discussed
• August 2007, new recycling bins will be dispersed
throughout the North Academic Center
• September 2007, CCNY Recycling System will be set in
place and will be advertised all throughout the North
Academic Center
• Club expansion will continue to improve by the
conduction of surveys and organized events to promote
student awareness in hopes of recruiting students for our
club
Students Against Waste
Erica Turner
Irene Castro
Hjordy’s Matos
Valeriya Rameyeva